Prints on A4 portrait. Page one is the quiz, page two the answers and artwork details.

Guess the Painting's Year worksheet, Tue, September 29, 2026

Name: ______________________

Look at each painting. Write the year you think it was made. If there are options, circle a country.

  1. 1.Today's painting number 1

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ Germany ○ Austria ○ Flanders (Flemish) ○ Belgium

    Why do you think so?

  2. 2.Today's painting number 2

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ Tibet ○ Japan ○ Korea ○ China

    Why do you think so?

  3. 3.Today's painting number 3

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ Japan ○ China ○ Tibet ○ Korea

    Why do you think so?

  4. 4.Today's painting number 4

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ Tibet ○ Korea ○ Japan ○ China

    Why do you think so?

  5. 5.Today's painting number 5

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ the Netherlands (Dutch) ○ Britain ○ Austria ○ Greece

    Why do you think so?

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Answers and artwork details

Dates and countries are The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own records. If the record is a range, any year inside it is correct.

  1. 1. Museum record: after 1743–49, Artist nationality: GermanThe Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762) on Horseback, Attended by a PageGeorg Christoph Grooth, Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Spear Jr., 1978. CC0.
  2. 2. Museum record: ca. 1370, Culture: ChinaSimple RetreatWang Meng, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of Oscar L. Tang Family, 2012. CC0.
  3. 3. Museum record: 1810s, Culture: Japan“Beans for Tossing During Setsubun Exorcism Ceremony,” from the series Ise Calendars for the Asakusa Group (Asakusa-gawa Ise goyomi) From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2Kubo Shunman, Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. CC0.
  4. 4. Museum record: first edition printed in 1679, Culture: ChinaPage from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of PaintingWang Gai, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1924. CC0.
  5. 5. Museum record: 1790, Artist nationality: BritishElizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of DerbySir Thomas Lawrence, Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Edward S. Harkness, 1940. CC0.